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nancy pelosi had this to say. one of the big items the two sites will have to work on is the fiscal clef and the tax issue. usa today. out that the exit polls show a plurality of americans back raising taxes on families making more than $250,000 a year. caller: i would like to say that the democrats are living in a fantasy world. obama plans to run our deficit up to $20 trillion. that $20 trillion means that just the interest will be $1 trillion a year. there will not be any money for anything else. all of the things the democrats want will be destroyed by obama. host: on the issue of the deficit, president obama has said he wants to take a balanced approach to deficit reduction. raising taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year. exit polls showed 6 in 10 hits it taxes should be increased on those making that much money. caller: here is the problem. obama is not telling everybody is the amount of money they will tax the rich will only run the government for a couple of weeks. that is not enough money. we wi
nancy pelosi had this to say. one of the big items the two sites will have to work on is the fiscal clef and the tax issue. usa today. out that the exit polls show a plurality of americans back raising taxes on families making more than $250,000 a year. caller: i would like to say that the democrats are living in a fantasy world. obama plans to run our deficit up to $20 trillion. that $20 trillion means that just the interest will be $1 trillion a year. there will not be any money for anything...
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i am nancy pelosi and i approve this message. billionaires' putting hundreds of millions of dollars on the table do not have to have that authority line on that advertisements they put forth. amend the constitution to overturn citizens united. it must be done, and it can be done. our reform system, i say take it back to a public financing of campaigns. it must be done. e, elect reformers that will do it. i do not care if they are democrats, republicans, what ever they might be. this is absolutely essential to our democracy. what the supreme court did is so hard to understand in terms of a corrosive nature of it to the political process, and we did pass public financing of the campaign were president bush, and george herbert walker bush vetoed that. if we have to do it again, we will. this is about our democracy. we might as well cancel the election, forget the convention and just go to five guys and say who do want to be president and speaker and governor? that kind of money suffocating the airwaves, suppressing the vote and pois
i am nancy pelosi and i approve this message. billionaires' putting hundreds of millions of dollars on the table do not have to have that authority line on that advertisements they put forth. amend the constitution to overturn citizens united. it must be done, and it can be done. our reform system, i say take it back to a public financing of campaigns. it must be done. e, elect reformers that will do it. i do not care if they are democrats, republicans, what ever they might be. this is...
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looking at what pelosi, dodd- frank, the house and senate created. isn't this what the real economy is? back in 2006, we are now le experiencing the effects of the pelosi era. guest: you want to take that? guest: i agree with you. president obama while preaching that has not lived up to it. he has been in the pockets of the speaker and has that reached across the aisle. has tried toboehenr reach across the aisle. -- speaker boehner. guest: the recession we inherited was not from the 2006 democrats or harry reid. it is important when we talk about this, a lot of republicans will say president obama is blaming republicans. when they look at the economy when it is growing, they will say it is growing, despite of its policies. it does not make sense. they're trying to see things that if the economy grows it is not obama support. host: kyle strickland from the college democrats. niraj antani from the republicans. thank you for tuning in from columbus, ohio. thank you for being with us on this monday. enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. [captioning per
looking at what pelosi, dodd- frank, the house and senate created. isn't this what the real economy is? back in 2006, we are now le experiencing the effects of the pelosi era. guest: you want to take that? guest: i agree with you. president obama while preaching that has not lived up to it. he has been in the pockets of the speaker and has that reached across the aisle. has tried toboehenr reach across the aisle. -- speaker boehner. guest: the recession we inherited was not from the 2006...
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pelosi have gone as an envoy, and led a peace mission to syria? guest: it's funny you mention that, it brings back memories i was actually there that day in damascus when she was visiting. what she was needing concerning peace was the policy -- and this is very popular, it has been for decades, an especially in democratic party circles -- of basing u.s. policy and large parts of it on the peace process, and here we were talking about facilitate ago peace treaty between israel and syria, and that's for the first couple of years of the obama administration, was the policy. with the uprisings, we have the problem of the assad regime versus its own people, open hostilities. mrs. pelosi did not go over, but we did have others who have been along the way -- who had been engaging the assad regime like senator john kerry, had been making -- had made overture toss damascus and carefully watched the situation there. very interestingly, he had shifted, along with everyone else who was engaging the assist sad regime on that basis. the reason why is the brutal
pelosi have gone as an envoy, and led a peace mission to syria? guest: it's funny you mention that, it brings back memories i was actually there that day in damascus when she was visiting. what she was needing concerning peace was the policy -- and this is very popular, it has been for decades, an especially in democratic party circles -- of basing u.s. policy and large parts of it on the peace process, and here we were talking about facilitate ago peace treaty between israel and syria, and...
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host: that was the house minute -- house minority leader, nancy pelosi on thursday. your response to enough concrete ideas? guest: this is such an insane conversation that we have in washington, d.c., the president does zero votes for his own budget. harry reid has failed to pass a budget resolution for three years running. required by law. how can we put out a difference when they refused to go through a regular process we reconcile the fact -- i remember when we reconciled all three bills by december 1 and we went home. it was the most beautiful month of the year. host: scott, our next caller, wisconsin. democratic line. caller: how are you? host: good. caller: it is funny, everyone keeps calling it the tax hike. it is not a tax hike. just simply going back to the old rates under clinton. 32.9, likeit back to we had under clinton. we would be fine. i mean, calling it a tax hike, it is coming through for the republicans. besides that, it was a flat tax. the only place that flat taxes occurred were in a third world country. the flat tax does not work. it will not wor
host: that was the house minute -- house minority leader, nancy pelosi on thursday. your response to enough concrete ideas? guest: this is such an insane conversation that we have in washington, d.c., the president does zero votes for his own budget. harry reid has failed to pass a budget resolution for three years running. required by law. how can we put out a difference when they refused to go through a regular process we reconcile the fact -- i remember when we reconciled all three bills by...
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and john boehner kind of got together and nancy pelosi told boehner he could bring the votes for his speakership and then maybe together could isolate the tea party section of his group and take away some of the radical left of her group and burn the moderates together, support him for speakership. me, being a democrat, i would not get everything i want, but the republicans would get everything they wanted. by the time re-election came up they would have seen there was a lot of progress made and maybe they could not run primaries on those guys that decided to run to the middle with policy and later together. host: thank you for the call. so many things. basically, you are assuming that john boehner would be elected speaker in a democratic house. it is not likely that they would give him their votes. it is far more likely, quite honestly, that the democrats would like to see continued disruption on the republican side. either way there would be a much-weakened speaker or he would be deposed. host: agree or disagree? guest: i agree completely. this is something that had to take place,
and john boehner kind of got together and nancy pelosi told boehner he could bring the votes for his speakership and then maybe together could isolate the tea party section of his group and take away some of the radical left of her group and burn the moderates together, support him for speakership. me, being a democrat, i would not get everything i want, but the republicans would get everything they wanted. by the time re-election came up they would have seen there was a lot of progress made...
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nancy pelosi said -- let's hear what you have to say. maryland and joins us on the democrat's line from columbus, ohio. good morning. caller: good morning. i think this whole thing has been blown out of proportion. the president does not have award against religion. -- howff a war against religion. why do the catholic church and the right-wing fundamentalist church have the right to go to the government to go to -- to have them legislative laws that infringe on our religious or non-religious beliefs? they're always talking about the government intruding? -- intriguing. -- they are always talking about the government is intruding. you do not have the right to use your religion to tell the whole country they cannot. and try to shut down planned parenthood and things like that. and the church also used their religious beliefs to stop sales of liquor on sundays. the was a catholic thing. from rhey inear pittsburgh, independent caller. good morning. caller: good morning. any time anyone saw steps out like this and says that insurance companie
nancy pelosi said -- let's hear what you have to say. maryland and joins us on the democrat's line from columbus, ohio. good morning. caller: good morning. i think this whole thing has been blown out of proportion. the president does not have award against religion. -- howff a war against religion. why do the catholic church and the right-wing fundamentalist church have the right to go to the government to go to -- to have them legislative laws that infringe on our religious or non-religious...
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they said if nancy pelosi votes for it, they will not offer for our support if she tries to run for the minority leader of the democrats. host: speaking of the leadership situation, talk to me a little bit about the lead -- allegiances in the house, punching in among the republicans. do the republicans favor the leadership of eric cantor more than the leadership of john boehner and? will this cost john boehner his -- more than the leadership of john boehner? will this cost john brennan his speakership? guest: boehner said the members were not angry with him. they were not showing dissatisfaction with him. one of the other things about that was that standing next to him at the press conference was eric cantor. that was a clear sign that these guys are tied together and eric cantor is not ready to unseat john brennan. there was a lot of symbolism in that press conference. -- ready to unseat john boehner. if he goes back and stars to negotiate with president obama and tries to bring back the deal at this conference cannot accept again, the danger to him does arise. from what i was told thu
they said if nancy pelosi votes for it, they will not offer for our support if she tries to run for the minority leader of the democrats. host: speaking of the leadership situation, talk to me a little bit about the lead -- allegiances in the house, punching in among the republicans. do the republicans favor the leadership of eric cantor more than the leadership of john boehner and? will this cost john boehner his -- more than the leadership of john boehner? will this cost john brennan his...
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or can it be put on the floor against, perhaps, the misgivings of someone like harry reid or nancy pelosi? guest: i would encourage you to go to www.cbo.gov. you have heard us talking about douglas elmendorf, who testified in front of the budget committee yesterday. on the front page of the cbo web page you will see a report on except what you are asking, federal salaries, their benefits package, and compares that to the private sector. what you will find is that if you are on the low-end of the education spectrum, you will do a lot better working for the federal government. if you are on the high-to nato, you will do less well working for the -- the high-end, you will do less well working for the federal government. on bowles-simpson, there is a lot of agreement. there is not a lot of agreement that we should test the whole thing. everybody likes some part of it. when we created the super committee, the joint selection committee, it was the first time that if the committee have produced a report like bowles- simpson, it would have been guaranteed to get a vote on both the house floor and
or can it be put on the floor against, perhaps, the misgivings of someone like harry reid or nancy pelosi? guest: i would encourage you to go to www.cbo.gov. you have heard us talking about douglas elmendorf, who testified in front of the budget committee yesterday. on the front page of the cbo web page you will see a report on except what you are asking, federal salaries, their benefits package, and compares that to the private sector. what you will find is that if you are on the low-end of...
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i heard that nancy pelosi and harry reid has had an affair and she had an abortion. host: let me cut you off there. is there anything in the first part of the call you want to talk about? guest: sure. one of the things about the republican national convention was first of all the american dream narrative which is very powerful, that anyone can succeed, but the second narrative i think was a lack of leadership. i think that the republicans failed to mention, and i want to point out in the most generous way, it was a stalemate between the democrats and republicans in washington, and that makes it very difficult for president obama to do anything. one of the questions that they asked mitt romney and he said i'm going to do this my first day in office. fortunately or unfortunately, depending upon the issue, a president cannot walk in and do something on the first day. we need congress to help us, and that's a good thing. i might point out, too, that we're so polarized that the republicans have gotten more conservative and the democrats, to a pretty small percent, but the
i heard that nancy pelosi and harry reid has had an affair and she had an abortion. host: let me cut you off there. is there anything in the first part of the call you want to talk about? guest: sure. one of the things about the republican national convention was first of all the american dream narrative which is very powerful, that anyone can succeed, but the second narrative i think was a lack of leadership. i think that the republicans failed to mention, and i want to point out in the most...
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that was essentially nancy pelosi's plan and speaker john boehner brought it to the floor hoping that since nancy pelosi proposed raising taxes on the so-called millionaire's that we could get enough of votes from the democrats and republicans to pass it. that was his hope. the thing is, that will not solve the problem. host: the big a back to the core issue. it has increased $4 trillion under this president. it has also increased under george to be bush and republican congress because medicare pardee was not paid for, the oars were not paid for. is it not both parties to sit, we are at fault. we need to come together and cut spending and we need to raise taxes in some areas because we have not done it for 12 years? guest: it is both parties fall. i have said that publicly. in the past six years since nancy pelosi became speaker of the house, we have nearly doubled the federal debt. president obama has increased it over $4 trillion. that is the problem. it is spending. it is not that we are taxing too little, it is we are spending too much. host: does it not go back to the temporary t
that was essentially nancy pelosi's plan and speaker john boehner brought it to the floor hoping that since nancy pelosi proposed raising taxes on the so-called millionaire's that we could get enough of votes from the democrats and republicans to pass it. that was his hope. the thing is, that will not solve the problem. host: the big a back to the core issue. it has increased $4 trillion under this president. it has also increased under george to be bush and republican congress because medicare...
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host: nancy pelosi will be holding a press conference coming up at 10:00 a.m. you can find more information on that on our web site at c- span.org. let us go to our next phone call, and joseph in pensacola, fla. on our line for democrats. good morning. caller: i would like to ask what happens to the social security when people die and they do not use it? guest: it doesn't get paid out any more obviously. anything is available goes into the general trust fund that goes back and benefits those individuals still that are receiving social security. i might add that it is retired people that get benefits from social security, but there are a great number of people with disabilities and with children. social security is more than just a retirement benefit. it is a very critical support in the, for many americans that are not able to take care of themselves for either physical, age or dependency issues. host: jean in california on our line for republicans. caller: hello. if we did raise the taxes on the top 2%, that this will affect all of our problems. obviously in o
host: nancy pelosi will be holding a press conference coming up at 10:00 a.m. you can find more information on that on our web site at c- span.org. let us go to our next phone call, and joseph in pensacola, fla. on our line for democrats. good morning. caller: i would like to ask what happens to the social security when people die and they do not use it? guest: it doesn't get paid out any more obviously. anything is available goes into the general trust fund that goes back and benefits those...
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far short of the 25 needed to put nancy pelosi back in the chair she lost two years ago. rumors about her plans twirling through democratic circles, nancy pelosi has not given a hint about what is next. she has returned to california. sources close say not to expect any announcement before next week. democrats have a caucus meeting for wednesday." next is ron from taxes on the line for independent. caller: i am from kentucky. when these elected officials get elected to office, they sign a contract to the american people. they should not ever put their name on a contract to any certain group. they sign a pledge to work for all of the people, not just certain ones. i also think when the tea party got there thing go in, they do not want to come together in any kind of compromises. i just think it should be borne of a moderate thinking in congress to work towards the middle. i do not like the extremes either way. host: did the election change that attitude? do you think there will be compromise, and not the extremism on either end? caller: i hope so. from what i hear from mit
far short of the 25 needed to put nancy pelosi back in the chair she lost two years ago. rumors about her plans twirling through democratic circles, nancy pelosi has not given a hint about what is next. she has returned to california. sources close say not to expect any announcement before next week. democrats have a caucus meeting for wednesday." next is ron from taxes on the line for independent. caller: i am from kentucky. when these elected officials get elected to office, they sign a...
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what does man to pelosi pay? you didn't hear nothing about that. guest: we i did not have meant to policy's -- i do not have nancy pelosi's tax returns in front of me. her tax rate might be well below but that is speculation on my part. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, jim. please go ahead. caller: i take exception to these rich people being able to give to their church and write it off on their taxes. this essential it makes me pay more taxes, which then in turn is me giving to his church. this country would not have the debt problem. our cities would not have the debt problem. guest: i think congress is reluctant to limit charitable deductions. there is some talk of a broadbased limitation on the deductions, itemized deductions overall which would include charitable deductions. there may be something in the works in the upcoming months and years to look at putting some limitations on charitable deductions. host: last call from missouri, dee. caller: good morning. this whole thing -- i heard you talking or reading in the newspaper about how t
what does man to pelosi pay? you didn't hear nothing about that. guest: we i did not have meant to policy's -- i do not have nancy pelosi's tax returns in front of me. her tax rate might be well below but that is speculation on my part. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, jim. please go ahead. caller: i take exception to these rich people being able to give to their church and write it off on their taxes. this essential it makes me pay more taxes, which then in turn is me giving to his...
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guest: nancy pelosi host: you think she can take back the house? kuchar engine mark guest: i think there is a very angry movement out there. they recognize that they have to have a change in leadership. the tea party has brought them nothing. the tea party people have said, let's tear down government. but they have no plan for what they were going to build up in its place. americans want the government. one example, we have done votes 302 times to lift environmental regulations on the environment. every bowl in the house has been to repeal environmental regulations. people want clean air and clean water. they want to have protection in consumer protection and all these things. i think they're going to make a change in this election. i think you'll find a lot of people will not be back in the next election and have control. c-span3 jim mcdermott, duet for being with us. when we come back, we will continue the conversation. we will get the republican said. representative joe barton of texas who is a member of the house energy & commerce. we will abou
guest: nancy pelosi host: you think she can take back the house? kuchar engine mark guest: i think there is a very angry movement out there. they recognize that they have to have a change in leadership. the tea party has brought them nothing. the tea party people have said, let's tear down government. but they have no plan for what they were going to build up in its place. americans want the government. one example, we have done votes 302 times to lift environmental regulations on the...
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recently, now is a pelosi said reid's source was definitely real and that romney should release his tax returns. on the republican side, it has been equally harsh and equally strongly stated. republicans have said that reid is bluffing, that he is lying, and that we really should not be playing this sort of game and just try to deflect from other topics. host: where does this all go? is there a next move or a next step on either side? how does it play out for the rest of the race? guest: it is hard to say. it could sooner or later be so troubles in -- troublesome or rum made that it does release a tax returns, which probably show that he has paid some taxes. i really doubt he has paid no taxes over 10 years. or, could continuously be -- if romney is so adamant about not releasing his tax returns for the 10-year period. so, reid, though, i really don't see anything more happening on his side, to be honest. there is no way to the senate to the prove one way or the other source is what he says he is or was close to romney or knows a lot about how much in taxes he has paid. host: daniel str
recently, now is a pelosi said reid's source was definitely real and that romney should release his tax returns. on the republican side, it has been equally harsh and equally strongly stated. republicans have said that reid is bluffing, that he is lying, and that we really should not be playing this sort of game and just try to deflect from other topics. host: where does this all go? is there a next move or a next step on either side? how does it play out for the rest of the race? guest: it is...
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nancy pelosi pays her female staffers almost 46% less than male staffers. yet they get on television and spout all of this stuff. when they are not following its themselves. there are many situations with women who need flexibility and understand that their paycheck is important but their families also are a top ppriority. guest: where to begin? i have not seen all the surveys from members of congress, all 435 of them. are anlaries they poay important element of the paycheck fairness act. i would invite sabrina and independent women's forum, let's do a study of everybody in the senate and house, and the supporters. let's see where the wage gaps resolve. i would be interested in seeing the results. this modest bill is the next step after the lilly ledbetter bill which nearly restored the law to the way it was before and allow women access to the court should they be able to prove that they are discriminated against. what this bill does is take it modestly a step further to enable women to take a real look at the wage discrimination that they are experiencing
nancy pelosi pays her female staffers almost 46% less than male staffers. yet they get on television and spout all of this stuff. when they are not following its themselves. there are many situations with women who need flexibility and understand that their paycheck is important but their families also are a top ppriority. guest: where to begin? i have not seen all the surveys from members of congress, all 435 of them. are anlaries they poay important element of the paycheck fairness act. i...
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host: do you support nancy pelosi's $1 million threshold change? guest: i certainly do and i think nancy pelosi is making a valid point. when you contrast it with what john boehner says, it is okay to cut pell grants for students but no sacrifice has to be made by the wealthiest. since september 11, we have not prevailed upon the american people, except for the men and women who are fighting our wars overseas, we have not prevailed upon the american people to make any sacrifice other than those who have been imposed by a difficult economy. the question is one of shared sacrifice and everybody stepping up to the plate. minimally, we should take all look at this time when several people have done extraordinarily well but perhaps they can signal that they can do a little bit more for the country. that is probably good segue for me to talk about an idea -- the president mentioned this in his speech in the state of the union. the men and women who serve our military and they have been the people we have called upon to sacrifice and they do so. it is an
host: do you support nancy pelosi's $1 million threshold change? guest: i certainly do and i think nancy pelosi is making a valid point. when you contrast it with what john boehner says, it is okay to cut pell grants for students but no sacrifice has to be made by the wealthiest. since september 11, we have not prevailed upon the american people, except for the men and women who are fighting our wars overseas, we have not prevailed upon the american people to make any sacrifice other than those...
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so has nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house. host: does the cola change depending on where you live in the country? guest: it is across the board for everyone. it is a percentage. it depends on how big your benefits are every year. you cited average numbers of about $1,200 a month for a retired worker. a lot of people get more and some get less. the dollar amount for your increase would change depending on that, but the percentage increase is the same a matter where you live in the country. host: we are talking about social security and how would factors into the so called "fiscal cliff." if you would like to join the conversation, here are the numbers to call -- we will get to the calls in a moment. we will hear what they think about social security being on the table. do you get the sense we will talk about this a lot in the next couple weeks or will this discussion, a lot more next year? guest: it's not clear whether they will be able to get social security part of the deal right now. the republicans have proposed it and the
so has nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house. host: does the cola change depending on where you live in the country? guest: it is across the board for everyone. it is a percentage. it depends on how big your benefits are every year. you cited average numbers of about $1,200 a month for a retired worker. a lot of people get more and some get less. the dollar amount for your increase would change depending on that, but the percentage increase is the same a matter where you live in the...
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host: i want to get you to comment on nancy pelosi proposed decision to remain in congress and remained in her leadership role. guest: i am an enormous fan of the policy. she is an historic leader because she is one of the most productive that this nation has ever seen them back into pelosi is a legislation passed bashing machine. barack obama is a great president and was indispensable in getting the health care bill through. their real hero of that was
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that has given a tremendous boost to a lot of our candidates. >> nancy pelosi said earlier this week that you are likely to pick up 27 seats. you need 25 to be in the majority. do you think that is realistic, netting 27? >> with the momentum that we've got and was what the president continues to do well in some of these key states, that is achievable. the lamentable is there. we just got to keep it moving. >> let's -- the momentum is there. we have just got to keep it moving. >> republicans thought that they have fought the medicare argument to a draw by using the obamacare medicare cuts, the sort of moving the money around as an effective counter. do you see the medicare argument playing out in these races? do you think that the republicans fought it to a draw? >> i do not think so, if the american people understand what is at stake. that is the challenge, we got to cut through a lot of the misinformation out there. i think a lot of our candidates are effectively doing it. between now and the election, the president will effectively do that. we have a lot of debates coming where peo
that has given a tremendous boost to a lot of our candidates. >> nancy pelosi said earlier this week that you are likely to pick up 27 seats. you need 25 to be in the majority. do you think that is realistic, netting 27? >> with the momentum that we've got and was what the president continues to do well in some of these key states, that is achievable. the lamentable is there. we just got to keep it moving. >> let's -- the momentum is there. we have just got to keep it moving....
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you have to remember nancy pelosi and the democrats that voted no voted to go over the fiscal cliff. they have been trying to kill all the bush tax cuts. even mr. obama since 2005 when he was running as a senator. i don't know what your thoughts are about that. i would like to hear about the democrats voted to push us off the fiscal cliff. host: how you pick political heroes? caller: this is a republic and want to see going back to what it was. people are getting knocked off of unemployment in states because their rates went down. we go off this cliff, anybody on extended unemployment will not get a check in january. host: this is gary who chooses ben bernanke. beverly is next from vermont. caller: hello/ ? my choice is the teachers of america. i cannot believe that people did not speak up more for the teachers. they do they hurled job practically every day. host: why are they political heroes? caller: who do you think is going to run the country in the future? this is something that people do not understand. our future is our children. nobody seems to care. my choice is the teachers
you have to remember nancy pelosi and the democrats that voted no voted to go over the fiscal cliff. they have been trying to kill all the bush tax cuts. even mr. obama since 2005 when he was running as a senator. i don't know what your thoughts are about that. i would like to hear about the democrats voted to push us off the fiscal cliff. host: how you pick political heroes? caller: this is a republic and want to see going back to what it was. people are getting knocked off of unemployment in...
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i do not like the way it happened under nancy pelosi. i'm in my second term. the first term by was here with nancy pelosi as speaker and i thought the way it was crafted was fundamentally wrong. do i believe there should be reform dealing with pre-existing conditions and buying health care across straight lines next there are a lot of things i need to happen -- lines -- state lines? there are a lot of things i think needs to happen. in my first two years i gave $640,000 back to the united states treasury. the legislative branch as a whole has cut its budget 13% under john boehner as the speaker of the house. so, we have dramatically cut those back in terms of what we in the legislative branch are doing. we are calling for cutting and spending in lots of different areas of. our federal government and we did that starting at home. i can tell you personally i did not spend all of the money allocated to me and we returned $640,000 to the treasury. host: is mitt romney vulnerable on the health-care issue because of massachusetts? guest: i think it is a strength. he
i do not like the way it happened under nancy pelosi. i'm in my second term. the first term by was here with nancy pelosi as speaker and i thought the way it was crafted was fundamentally wrong. do i believe there should be reform dealing with pre-existing conditions and buying health care across straight lines next there are a lot of things i need to happen -- lines -- state lines? there are a lot of things i think needs to happen. in my first two years i gave $640,000 back to the united...
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this is the culture nancy pelosi had in place. if you're a republican, you didn't have a chance to speak. fact is speaker boehner allowed more amendments on the floor twice as much as the democrats before them. we still believe that the ability to pass bipartisan bills is important. that's the reason why we have 30 jobs bills over in the senate that we love to get passed. guest: the one thing i would say, the extreme fringe in the republican party demanded that the republicans hold a hearing on how to ban women for having access to contraception. having nothing to do with jobs. they didn't allow a single woman to speak at that hearing. one one woman did come to speak, she was shut out. any notion about the notion is being control pail in comparison what the republican have done. host: let's turn to some specific house races and talk a little bit about them and what they mean for the nation. one of them is texas 23rd race. this is a piece that was written, a political blog written in san francisco chronicle about the texas 23rd rac
this is the culture nancy pelosi had in place. if you're a republican, you didn't have a chance to speak. fact is speaker boehner allowed more amendments on the floor twice as much as the democrats before them. we still believe that the ability to pass bipartisan bills is important. that's the reason why we have 30 jobs bills over in the senate that we love to get passed. guest: the one thing i would say, the extreme fringe in the republican party demanded that the republicans hold a hearing on...
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host: one of the big stories yesterday is nancy pelosi, the top democrat in the house plans to stick around in her job as minority leader. how surprising was that news yesterday? caller: the sense upon reporters is that was what we expected. i think there was some questions both in 2010 when democrats lost control of the house. then again this year when democrats fell short of their initial goal of regaining control of the house whether leader nancy pelosi would stick around. i think she was signaling quietly by not letting people know she was staying. i think it was clear she wanted to first talk about and give the news to democrats behind closed doors. host: what does it indicate in terms of the direction of congressional democrats? what can we read from this move? caller: that the pelosi doctrine or the leadership she has had over 10 years, she was very instrumental in a lot of passing the legislation that the obama administration passed during its first term. health care, dodd-frank, a lot of these pieces of legislation. we are going to continue to see her in her role as minority
host: one of the big stories yesterday is nancy pelosi, the top democrat in the house plans to stick around in her job as minority leader. how surprising was that news yesterday? caller: the sense upon reporters is that was what we expected. i think there was some questions both in 2010 when democrats lost control of the house. then again this year when democrats fell short of their initial goal of regaining control of the house whether leader nancy pelosi would stick around. i think she was...
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i favored the million dollar threshold. 90 pelosi and chuck schumer and the senate -- nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have decided that number as a good threshold. i am hoping we can come up with a higher number that is more realistic and allow what is above to expire. long term, we cannot afford it. host: virginia has been targeted with the highest the fact of sequestration going into effect because of alleged number of military jobs that would be affected. -- because of the high number of military jobs that would be affected. guest: sequestration is going to be addressed in one fashion or another. unfortunate, it is going to be kicked over the lame duck session. three prominent republican members have had a series of town hall meetings and swing states. bemoaning sequestration like it came from mars and was a proposal of the white house. it was the republicans in congress for the first time in history refused to allow a clean debt ceiling vote. never since 1917 have we ever conditioned a debt ceiling increase on anything. this time, the house republican majority and the senate insiste
i favored the million dollar threshold. 90 pelosi and chuck schumer and the senate -- nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have decided that number as a good threshold. i am hoping we can come up with a higher number that is more realistic and allow what is above to expire. long term, we cannot afford it. host: virginia has been targeted with the highest the fact of sequestration going into effect because of alleged number of military jobs that would be affected. -- because of the high number of...
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nancy pelosi, they labeled her as a socialist. guys like this guy on television labeled her a socialist. if this label fits on nancy pelosi, the best speaker of the house in the last 50 years, and she did more in her term, cabalists -- taxes are part of the capitalist system. guest: i think we got that point. -- host: i think we got that point. guest: washington loves to talk about taxes, but it does not talk about spending. once you spend the money, you have to pay for it, so the threshold question is how much are we going to spend, and what are we going to spend it on? having a more deep and more rich conversation about what the federal government is going to do and at what levels is the more important part. we're starting to see that now. it used to be all about taxes. once you spend, we are going to pay for it. host: this is an e-mail from steve . premiums on a 25- year-old will be $3,600 or year -- a year, or the penalty, is that not a forced tax because he had to buy it? guest: the compulsion to buy is part of the act, and t
nancy pelosi, they labeled her as a socialist. guys like this guy on television labeled her a socialist. if this label fits on nancy pelosi, the best speaker of the house in the last 50 years, and she did more in her term, cabalists -- taxes are part of the capitalist system. guest: i think we got that point. -- host: i think we got that point. guest: washington loves to talk about taxes, but it does not talk about spending. once you spend the money, you have to pay for it, so the threshold...
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that is a little bit from nancy pelosi today from the new york post. that is in in the new york post. this is from the washington post. the economic model predicts mitt romney will be to obama. it shows mitt romney emerging as the victor in 2012. they announced wednesday there state-by-state analysis shows the republican capturing a majority of electoral votes. based on our forecasted model, it becomes clear the president is an electoral trouble. the results showed president obama winning 218 votes and in the electorial college, will short of the 270 required for victory. professors are predicting that mr. romney will win 52.9% of the popular vote to mr. obama's 47.1% 1 considering only the two major political parties. that is a little bit from this article in the washington times. from this tweet -- just to let you know, on c-span 2 and c-span 3 there are alternate universes being broadcast. book tv will be on the air 24-74 the next several weeks during the convention. if you are not a political person but you enjoy history and nonfiction books, go ov
that is a little bit from nancy pelosi today from the new york post. that is in in the new york post. this is from the washington post. the economic model predicts mitt romney will be to obama. it shows mitt romney emerging as the victor in 2012. they announced wednesday there state-by-state analysis shows the republican capturing a majority of electoral votes. based on our forecasted model, it becomes clear the president is an electoral trouble. the results showed president obama winning 218...
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host: how would you describe the relationship between speaker boehner and nancy pelosi? guest: they have a working relationship, but let's face it, things have been so divided right now that it is not as if -- there were times, such as during the shooting of debra l. giffords, when they were incoordination -- gabrielle giffords, when they were in coordination. and other housekeeping duties related to the body itself, there was communication. and this is evident throughout the book. the only time the republicans reach out to the democrats is when suddenly at the last minute they realize they don't have the votes, and then it is not boehner communicating to pelosi, it is house majority whip kevin mccarthy communicating rather plaintively to house minority whip steny hoyer. host: what are the takeaways for people reading your book? guest: i was on election night so struck by these 87 freshmen that were taking office, 1/3 had never held elective office. i was anxious to chronicle in a mr. smith goes to washington kind of way how these guys would fare. so, i spent a lot of ti
host: how would you describe the relationship between speaker boehner and nancy pelosi? guest: they have a working relationship, but let's face it, things have been so divided right now that it is not as if -- there were times, such as during the shooting of debra l. giffords, when they were incoordination -- gabrielle giffords, when they were in coordination. and other housekeeping duties related to the body itself, there was communication. and this is evident throughout the book. the only...
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after that, how minority leader nancy pelosi and she reflects on her 25 years in congress, including being elected the first female speaker of the house. president obama staying here in washington to celebrate america's 236 birthday. in about 35 minutes he will take part in a naturalization ceremony for active service ceremony for active service members
after that, how minority leader nancy pelosi and she reflects on her 25 years in congress, including being elected the first female speaker of the house. president obama staying here in washington to celebrate america's 236 birthday. in about 35 minutes he will take part in a naturalization ceremony for active service ceremony for active service members
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host: nancy pelosi. guest: same situation. i think it is hard to argue with democrats in the house that she wields a tremendous amount of power right now. she certainly wields a lot of power over her caucus and it is a very powerful person and an accomplice legislator. bug right now -- host: not a player? guest: there are hundreds of people who fall into that category that probably do not fit into the top 50 right now. again, we are doing a weekly top 50 list every week that are influencing the conversation. host: let's go to mike in ohio. caller: good morning. i have six people that are running the whole thing. number one, the president of the united states. the speaker of the house whoever it is from what party because they determine what legislation is going to come to the floor for consideration. the senate majority leader who does the same thing in the senate. the fifth person on the supreme court who is usually anthony kennedy who decides every single law that is approved or disapproved by the courts since most of the de
host: nancy pelosi. guest: same situation. i think it is hard to argue with democrats in the house that she wields a tremendous amount of power right now. she certainly wields a lot of power over her caucus and it is a very powerful person and an accomplice legislator. bug right now -- host: not a player? guest: there are hundreds of people who fall into that category that probably do not fit into the top 50 right now. again, we are doing a weekly top 50 list every week that are influencing the...
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caller: nancy pelosi said there were still boring to be in charge of the house in 2010 so let the republicans spent all they want. as far as benghazi, he said "act of terror" in passing. this is a cover up. they did not want the american people to know this was an act of terror under his watch. this guy has lied, allied, lied, and wide. what about gay marriage? what about during all this stuff right before the election. all of a sudden, he's gone to let all of these immigrants today -- get a free pass. we are not stupid. this was all done for political gain. we should get this guy got because he should have never been there in the first place. host: a.j. spiker, a caller brought up emigration. this is from the cnn political tinker. these are comments that relate to your neck of the woods. his plans were given in an off the record interview and made public only after they protested that leaving a private would be a disservice. what are your thoughts about immigration and how it might affect the vote in iowa d? guest: if the president was serious about reform, he would have gotten at dawn. he h
caller: nancy pelosi said there were still boring to be in charge of the house in 2010 so let the republicans spent all they want. as far as benghazi, he said "act of terror" in passing. this is a cover up. they did not want the american people to know this was an act of terror under his watch. this guy has lied, allied, lied, and wide. what about gay marriage? what about during all this stuff right before the election. all of a sudden, he's gone to let all of these immigrants today...
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nancy pelosi said, we have cut more than $500 million out of medicare. it worked well in the past and still does. those cuts will affect medicare advantage. it has come in at a lower cost than traditional medicare. host: james martin is our guest. he is president of 60 plus association. he covered congress and the white house as a newspaper reporter and was a radio and television broadcaster for three dozen outlets in the south. he worked for the late edward j. greene. he helped organize and direct several advocacy groups including the national conservative political action committee and the public service research council and also the americans against union control of government. he has a degree from the university of florida. back to the phones. arnold is calling us on the line for independents. caller: good morning. impressed with the fellow from arkansas who was willing to raise the eligibility for medicare. his job is to protect the union. he cannot lose his job. with seniors are 55, they will have a heck of a time getting medical insurance if they
nancy pelosi said, we have cut more than $500 million out of medicare. it worked well in the past and still does. those cuts will affect medicare advantage. it has come in at a lower cost than traditional medicare. host: james martin is our guest. he is president of 60 plus association. he covered congress and the white house as a newspaper reporter and was a radio and television broadcaster for three dozen outlets in the south. he worked for the late edward j. greene. he helped organize and...
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and if we would have had -- the first two years, if we would of had -- nancy pelosi put through about 400 bills that died in the senate because the filibuster was threatened. if we can get somebody to work with this president -- he is the smartest thing to hit washington in a long time, at least in 13 years. host: appreciate your thoughts. another democrat here. emma from dallas, texas. good morning. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: good morning. and i on? host: what would you like to say? caller: yes, he deserves a second chance because when he come into office it was a mess and everybody knew it was going to take time for him to be able to do what he needs to do, and besides, republicans have spent all of the money that was in there and talking about he is running a debt. he has to run up the debt and order to -- and you know what? i think republicans will cheat in this election like they did back in 2010. host: based on the, the president made "i deserve a second turn," would have this twitter messageh from twitterero who we heard from before -- a twitter message f
and if we would have had -- the first two years, if we would of had -- nancy pelosi put through about 400 bills that died in the senate because the filibuster was threatened. if we can get somebody to work with this president -- he is the smartest thing to hit washington in a long time, at least in 13 years. host: appreciate your thoughts. another democrat here. emma from dallas, texas. good morning. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: good morning. and i on? host: what would you...
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then speaker pelosi for four years. now we have a new speaker and i think we have helped change the house. the republican side is very attuned to what republicans like myself are looking for. host: to use the house leadership's getting the same if republicans hold on to the house? guest: it seems to be the case. host: would you like to see them be more conservative? guest: i think it will be more about the presidential side. before we get through the new congress, we will have lame-duck hill. we will run out of money after the next election and they will want more borrowing authority. we have numerous programs that will expire at the end of the year, and the tax increase to. i am worried about what happens the end of this year. this could be jeopardized and our financial rating once again by what we do if we do the wrong thing at the end of the year, if we continue to spend and borrow, think we will lose our triple-a credit rating if we're not careful. the republicans inblica annapolis, maryland, wellcome. caller: >> th
then speaker pelosi for four years. now we have a new speaker and i think we have helped change the house. the republican side is very attuned to what republicans like myself are looking for. host: to use the house leadership's getting the same if republicans hold on to the house? guest: it seems to be the case. host: would you like to see them be more conservative? guest: i think it will be more about the presidential side. before we get through the new congress, we will have lame-duck hill....
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host: let's listen to nancy pelosi, house democratic leader, yesterday on cnn on this. [video clip] >> i would have said to you back then we were dead even. momentum is very much with us. we are the messengers. we have money and mobilization and an excellent chance to take back the house. host: an excellent chance of taking back the house. guest: nancy pelosi is a better political strategist and i and a better communicator and spinner. they do not have an excellent chance of taking back the house. there's no independent oddsmaker who thinks democrats have an excellent chance. they have a very, very, small chance. the republicans would essentially have to fall off a cliff. host: there is this fiscal cliff coming. congress was in last week and now what's on the agenda this week? guest: not much. they have to pass the continuing resolution in the senate that will fund the government through march. so that has to get done. otherwise they could have problems at the end of the year. the government would shut down. so that has to get done. you have the jobs bill making its way
host: let's listen to nancy pelosi, house democratic leader, yesterday on cnn on this. [video clip] >> i would have said to you back then we were dead even. momentum is very much with us. we are the messengers. we have money and mobilization and an excellent chance to take back the house. host: an excellent chance of taking back the house. guest: nancy pelosi is a better political strategist and i and a better communicator and spinner. they do not have an excellent chance of taking back...
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out to a lot of the democratic constituent areas, such as the unions and some of the ones in nancy pelosi's state? guest: i cannot answer the latter question. my understanding is they said certain plants could qualify. i do not understand the waiver point. the militia act was in effect for a short period of time and had these requirements to it is cited because it's a classic example from 200 years back of the government telling everybody they have to do something. it has no continuing attack. host: burlington, ron, democrat. caller: good morning. i am worried about the mandate thing. if the mandate is there to provide health care for everyone, which the intention is good, but it seems like incrementalism for more medical mandates, such as -- ok, we want everybody to be healthy, so everybody must take vaccines and this is how many. if your head is shaved in a certain way, now you're going to be lumped into some type of mental health thing and mandate a certain type of treatment. it is it is a slippery slope for may. guest: the view your expressing is shared by many americans. i do not know
out to a lot of the democratic constituent areas, such as the unions and some of the ones in nancy pelosi's state? guest: i cannot answer the latter question. my understanding is they said certain plants could qualify. i do not understand the waiver point. the militia act was in effect for a short period of time and had these requirements to it is cited because it's a classic example from 200 years back of the government telling everybody they have to do something. it has no continuing attack....
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nancy pelosi on with david gregory this morning saying it is not a tax on the american people. it is a penalty for free riders. that is the democratic spin. joseph antos. guest: no question about it. it does not change the fact that what you are being required to do is buy insurance that for many people is an affordable. -- unaffordable. the question is not what we think about the mandate but what we think about the law. we have divided opinion and major problems. guest: the point you raised is important. the new death penalty if we will hear from republicans is these are taxes on middle-class and all of that. nonsense. it is only going to affect a tiny number of people who can afford health coverage but refused to purchase it. in so doing, they pass on their bills to everybody else. even she is justice roberts indicated in his opinion -- even chief justice roberts indicated in his opinion this will only affect about 4 million people and not 300 million people as republicans would have us believe. this is not a tax on the middle class. this is not a tax for people around the co
nancy pelosi on with david gregory this morning saying it is not a tax on the american people. it is a penalty for free riders. that is the democratic spin. joseph antos. guest: no question about it. it does not change the fact that what you are being required to do is buy insurance that for many people is an affordable. -- unaffordable. the question is not what we think about the mandate but what we think about the law. we have divided opinion and major problems. guest: the point you raised is...
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,ook at nancy pelosi's travel obama's travel, they keep spending money like they are kings and queens, royalty, and the people are ignorant taxpayers that just have to pay more taxes. they increased the debt and do not want to admit that it is a spending problem. they call it a wrap -- lack of revenue. unbelievable. gas prices, when you look at what the epa makes, in pennsylvania you see the drilling that is trying to take place to take this economically deprived state and these guys are worried about frakking? they bring out more and more reasons that allow them to take the money that they can send to their selected group, like mr. neely and his two glasses of wine -- host: lets have a congressman respond. guest: you said a lot, but the main thing you said that bothered me in what i call a false choice, you can have a clean environment and grow the economy. they are not mutually exclusive. i am not saying that is what you were suggesting, but you sort of implied it. too much regulation, spending too much money. we have to grow the economy. the economy will not grow just by cutting ev
,ook at nancy pelosi's travel obama's travel, they keep spending money like they are kings and queens, royalty, and the people are ignorant taxpayers that just have to pay more taxes. they increased the debt and do not want to admit that it is a spending problem. they call it a wrap -- lack of revenue. unbelievable. gas prices, when you look at what the epa makes, in pennsylvania you see the drilling that is trying to take place to take this economically deprived state and these guys are...
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pelosi comes out and says we'll find out what's in the bill when the bill comes out. it's not how government is supposed to work. it's how it's working today but nobody says dig, because once they get in there, they are not allowed to -- host: from the secretary -- showing secretary panetta was under risk of an attack. and said an afghan in a speeding truck tried to run down a manager forcing two and others to scatter as defense secretary leon i netta's plane taxied to them. for the latest account of what was a suicide attack shows there was a greater risk than military official then -- they did not immediately disclose important details of the episode. baton rouge, good morning. this is preston. caller: yes. hi. this is preston. host: you're on. caller: i think the supreme court should have at least televise the proceedings, because america is already ignorant enough about politics, and to get this thing out in the open perhaps would get most people in the process and interested in the government. and learn how things work. i've watched political arenas for 75 years.
pelosi comes out and says we'll find out what's in the bill when the bill comes out. it's not how government is supposed to work. it's how it's working today but nobody says dig, because once they get in there, they are not allowed to -- host: from the secretary -- showing secretary panetta was under risk of an attack. and said an afghan in a speeding truck tried to run down a manager forcing two and others to scatter as defense secretary leon i netta's plane taxied to them. for the latest...
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house minority leader pelosi told reporters at the time line for disclosing more about his condition should be dictated by his medical needs. disclosures about jesse jackson, jr. today. here is the front page from the tribune today. there is a picture of jesse jackson, jr. let's go back to the telephones. phil, where should congress go from here to repeal the health care law? caller: i believe yesterday's vote was a way of wasting the people's time. the republicans know him well that the senate is not a majority republican situation. i think it is a waste of time. i believe the republicans can do more by talking about ways jobs can be created and how the economy can be improved. that is what needs to be done instead of wasting their precious time talking about how to repeal the affordable care law. host: do they have time to do it or is it a waste of time until the elections? caller: after the presidential elections here. -- the president elections. instead of finding alternatives, i did not hear anything from them. it seems to me this waste precious time in dealing with this issue i
house minority leader pelosi told reporters at the time line for disclosing more about his condition should be dictated by his medical needs. disclosures about jesse jackson, jr. today. here is the front page from the tribune today. there is a picture of jesse jackson, jr. let's go back to the telephones. phil, where should congress go from here to repeal the health care law? caller: i believe yesterday's vote was a way of wasting the people's time. the republicans know him well that the senate...
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nancy pelosi and harry reid. by december, we was in a recession. i was watching the hearings where they were trying to stop the . it was party-line votes. the question is, it is obvious how to create jobs. i want to know what he has done different from the missouri appeared -- i want to know what he has done different from venezuela. guest: republicans are not going to defect. any sort of lack of enthusiasm for mitt romney is made up fivefold by the deep disenchantment among conservatives and republicans president obama. host: colleen asks if california is a bystander in this election. guest: i assume it is. if things shift dramatically over the next couple months, say against obama, nobody has suffered worse in the economy than california. we've had three cities file for bankruptcy in the last few weeks. if we're talking about california, the election is over. not only would it take the numbers off the table for him. it would indicate a massive shift of many other states that would be falling towards and romney. we have all of the ingredients for
nancy pelosi and harry reid. by december, we was in a recession. i was watching the hearings where they were trying to stop the . it was party-line votes. the question is, it is obvious how to create jobs. i want to know what he has done different from the missouri appeared -- i want to know what he has done different from venezuela. guest: republicans are not going to defect. any sort of lack of enthusiasm for mitt romney is made up fivefold by the deep disenchantment among conservatives and...
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also this morning, "nancy pelosi considers leaving post as house democratic leader." "the decision could come as early as tomorrow, wednesday." washington journal will be live from capitol hill tomorrow with several lawmakers from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. to keep you updated on what is happening this week in washington. the looming fiscal cliff, that is what we are talking about with all of you today. how do we avoid it, should entitlement spending be part of the package? james, go head. caller: i had to retire because of back problems or whenever, but i do not get disability, i would not apply for it, it is an entitlement. it is ludicrous to ask people in my age bracket, people who pay for their medicare -- that is what people are not saying. we paid for it for a long time. many of us are sick, we are not asking for anyone to help us along. we are not asking for the government, we paid for this. what it really is is a pyramid scheme. you have to get people working in this country so that they can pay in. it is not the people cheating the system. years ago we used t
also this morning, "nancy pelosi considers leaving post as house democratic leader." "the decision could come as early as tomorrow, wednesday." washington journal will be live from capitol hill tomorrow with several lawmakers from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. to keep you updated on what is happening this week in washington. the looming fiscal cliff, that is what we are talking about with all of you today. how do we avoid it, should entitlement spending be part of the package?...
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speaker john boehner and leader nancy pelosi will hold news conferences. those will be available later on c-span. we will be ready if the supreme court decides at 10:00 and take its decision on health care. we will be on air and will take your calls and keep that up to date. . host: [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., june 21, 2012. i hereby appoint the honorable ted poe to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. almighty god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we pray for the gift of wisdom to all with great responsibility in this house, for the leadership of our nation. may all the members have the vision of
speaker john boehner and leader nancy pelosi will hold news conferences. those will be available later on c-span. we will be ready if the supreme court decides at 10:00 and take its decision on health care. we will be on air and will take your calls and keep that up to date. . host: [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the chair lays before the house a communication...
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pelosi: thank you very much. i'm very sad to join my colleagues in expressing the deepest sympathies of the house of representatives to the families and loved ones of the victims in aurora, colorado, and the entire community as it grapples with its grief. my colleagues have spoke very movingly from the standpoint of faith and hopefully that plathe will be a comfort to those -- faith will be a comfort to those who are affected. as you know, mr. speaker, when we learned of this tragedy, the president ordered flags to be flown half-staff for one week to commemorate the tragedy that aurora, these individual families, and our country had suffered. that was done as a mark of respect for the 12 innocent victims and all who were affected. the victims who were murdered, that's just the word, that day, the vast majority were very young people. the one, gordon cowden was a father in his 50's. the others were very young whose last words to his daughters were, to tell them he loved them. a story that deserves to be told, each
pelosi: thank you very much. i'm very sad to join my colleagues in expressing the deepest sympathies of the house of representatives to the families and loved ones of the victims in aurora, colorado, and the entire community as it grapples with its grief. my colleagues have spoke very movingly from the standpoint of faith and hopefully that plathe will be a comfort to those -- faith will be a comfort to those who are affected. as you know, mr. speaker, when we learned of this tragedy, the...
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host: nancy pelosi had op-ed this morning. a nonstarter?non starte >> "how do we protect the vulnerable 66-year-old if we go this route? how can they avoid the premium? how can we protect them?" look at the savings you can achieve. could the day through a policy solution make sure that people get coverage they could afford? host: do you know how the people are using medicare? guest: about 50 million people. host: mary agnes carey, what is your connection to the kaiser foundation? guest: we are a program of the kaiser family foundation. my newsroom is like every other newsroom in washington. we come up with stories and pitched them to our editors. the stories run on our site and we have stories that run on our partner publications, "the new york times," "the washington post." we can reach a great audience through our website and through our partner publications. i've been covering health care -- i move to washington and bill clinton had just been elected. i was told to check that out. i learned a lot there uncovered appropriations and the fl
host: nancy pelosi had op-ed this morning. a nonstarter?non starte >> "how do we protect the vulnerable 66-year-old if we go this route? how can they avoid the premium? how can we protect them?" look at the savings you can achieve. could the day through a policy solution make sure that people get coverage they could afford? host: do you know how the people are using medicare? guest: about 50 million people. host: mary agnes carey, what is your connection to the kaiser...
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the issue of ads against nancy pelosi is irrelevant when you have to stand up in the town meeting and defend to your constituents why you voted to end medicare for seniors in order to fund tax breaks for big oil companies. host: you can see the entire interview with the chairman of the democratic campaign committee sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. it is also available online at www. c-span.org. one other story from washington, d.c., about redistricting and the congressional election. yesterday, the florida redistricting plan was moved to the state senate. the republican-controlled florida state house passed a congressional redistricting map yesterday with the republican- friendly lines one step closer to becoming law. democrats are expected to challenge that map. going back to the bones, francis is on the democratic line from indiana. good morning. caller: good morning, america. i got to tell you, i just got back from cocoa beach. i was born in 1937. i am a grandma, and i love children. florida is a very rich state. they have a budget over $40 billion. i met in the paper
the issue of ads against nancy pelosi is irrelevant when you have to stand up in the town meeting and defend to your constituents why you voted to end medicare for seniors in order to fund tax breaks for big oil companies. host: you can see the entire interview with the chairman of the democratic campaign committee sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. it is also available online at www. c-span.org. one other story from washington, d.c., about redistricting and the congressional...
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minority leader nancy pelosi broke ranks and supported the measure, as minority whip steny hoyer, james clyburn, and john larson voted against it. a similar bill was filed last year by senator mccain and harper, a delaware democrat, and has 42 cosponsors. what duppinge about the house passing this legislation? we're going to begin with a democrat in michigan. brian, you're on the "washington journal." good morning. caller: good morning to you. i just don't think that it's going to pass muster in the courts. it happened last time, it was challenged by the republicans. it's going to be challenged by somebody, and they're going to find it's not constitutional, a constitutional means of opinion. host: what's your pick -- what's your opinion of it though? caller: my opinion of it is that i think the chief executive should have line-item veto rights. maybe it would save some money and save us some embarrassment down the line. host: and one of our twitter followers agrees with you. this is anthony, who says line-item veto is unconstitutional, or he doesn't agree with you -- well, he does agree
minority leader nancy pelosi broke ranks and supported the measure, as minority whip steny hoyer, james clyburn, and john larson voted against it. a similar bill was filed last year by senator mccain and harper, a delaware democrat, and has 42 cosponsors. what duppinge about the house passing this legislation? we're going to begin with a democrat in michigan. brian, you're on the "washington journal." good morning. caller: good morning to you. i just don't think that it's going to...
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i mean what nerve harry reid and pelosi have parading around washington when they have such high unemployment and problems in their state. we have to hit bottom before we start fixing the country. i mean it's pretty sad. but we can't tax and spend our way, you know, out of this problem. you are going to tax and spend your way into a bigger debt. host: thank you. let's listen to reverend norquist in his own words. he was at the table in the past couple of weeks talking about the economy and tax and also explaining the hill philosophy behind the pledge. let's listen to his description. >> the pledge was created about 25 years ago. in order to make it possible for a candidate for office to say to the american people i'm not going to raise your taxes, and to do it in a way that's believable. for 3,000 years politicians, school board members have been running for office, asking for power, but they tend to break their word once they get elected. but having it in write, the pledge is a simple commitment, and jeb bush and harry reid misunderstand. that is the people of the american people and the peo
i mean what nerve harry reid and pelosi have parading around washington when they have such high unemployment and problems in their state. we have to hit bottom before we start fixing the country. i mean it's pretty sad. but we can't tax and spend our way, you know, out of this problem. you are going to tax and spend your way into a bigger debt. host: thank you. let's listen to reverend norquist in his own words. he was at the table in the past couple of weeks talking about the economy and tax...
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it got worse during the time nancy pelosi and harry reid and all of them got together over the health care bill. they would not discuss it. they just pushed it through and said you had to sign it before you could read it. it was horrible on the house floor, like a bunch of kids had gone crazy. i'm glad to see it dodd-frank out of there. -- dodd and frank. cnbc is becoming a little more balanced. host: at what level does incivility exist today? caller: when george bush ran the second time, that was the highest i had ever seen. i have not decided who to vote for. mr. obama has not had to go through what president bush has gone through. he had to put up with everything. host: richard smith is participating on facebook -- next call, sacramento, california, democratic line with lesley. caller: [unintelligible] mitch mcconnell said that he wanted mr. obama to be a one- term president. [unintelligible] we spend trillions of dollars on war and cannot take care of our own people with health care. host: massachusetts, eddie on our republican line. caller: incivility it:, is ideology -- it is no
it got worse during the time nancy pelosi and harry reid and all of them got together over the health care bill. they would not discuss it. they just pushed it through and said you had to sign it before you could read it. it was horrible on the house floor, like a bunch of kids had gone crazy. i'm glad to see it dodd-frank out of there. -- dodd and frank. cnbc is becoming a little more balanced. host: at what level does incivility exist today? caller: when george bush ran the second time, that...